Family diversity- good/bad- Families and households

Question 1

Good points (4)

Answer 1

• David Cheal
• Stacey
• David morgan
• Anthony giddens

Question 2

Bad points (3)

Answer 2

• Functionalists/ Parsons
• New right
• Robert Chester

Question 3

David cheal- good

Answer 3

• we have more choice over the family we create
• in postmodern society, there is no longer just one single type of family that is dominant

Question 4

stacey

Answer 4

• the changes of the position of women has increased the diversity of family types
• many of the women who she had interviewed rejected the traditional stay-at- home role and instead created new types of families which were more suited to their needs and desires
• identified the new family type known as ‘divorce extended families’ which shows that peoples families are dependent on their active choices that people make about their life

Question 5

David Morgan

Answer 5

• family diversity has increased in response to society becoming more fragmented.
• the family is seen as what people do rather than as a concrete thing or structure

Question 6

Anthony giddens

Answer 6

• family diversity has increased because there is more equality between men and women
• people are more free to define their relationship themselves rather than acting out the traditional roles that they have been ascribed.

Question 7

functionalists (parsons)

Answer 7

• the nuclear family meets the needs of modern society for a geographically and socially mobile workforce
• It performs the two irreducible functions that contribute to the stability and effectiveness of society
• The division of labour is best suited to perform the functions effectively in society

Question 8

New right

Answer 8

• cause of many social problems such as high crime rates and educational failure
• lone- parent families are seen as unnatural and harmful to children
• they don’t discipline them properly and are a burden on the welfare state
• They are encouraged by a ‘dependency culture’ of living off welfare benefits

Question 9

Robert chester

Answer 9

• the extent and importance of family diversity has been exaggerated
• sees the nuclear family as being dominant but recognizes its change to being ‘Neo convectional’
• family diversity is more based on the life cycle than people choosing to live in new family arrangements

Question 10

meaning of Neo- convectional (Robert Chester)

Answer 10

the division of labor is more equal and shared in relationships